What to Pair With Your Bold Lipsticks? The "Clean Sparkly Eye"

The eye makeup look January Jones wore yesterday to ring the Stock Exchange bell is what I call "the clean sparkly eye." Because...uh, it's clean-looking and sparkly. You see where I got the name. Anyway, let's go over it, shall we? Because it's the perfect look to wear with any bold lip color you might have in your makeup bag.

Notice that there's not even a bit of eyeliner here. There's only a smidge of shimmery barely there silver eye shadow and the slightest hint of a darker shadow right along the outer half of her upper lashline.

You might think she has something pink on her lower lids, but that's just the natural color of her lids, which you can see because there's not even concealer there. So simple, I tell you. The idea is to add a light-catching element without adding anything harsh or distracting. You will notice, however, that she's got mascara on her lower lashes—that keeps her eyes from disappearing.

So those are the basics of the clean shimmery eye: No eyeliner, a touch of shimmer, and mascara on the bottom lashes. You can handle that, right? Going to try?

And if you want to see another example of the clean sparkly eye, head here!